Financial Controller

The Financial Controller owns the financial operating system across all of our companies. This role is not about bookkeeping. It is about building a financial function that gives leadership complete visibility, protects company assets, creates financial discipline, and removes founder dependency. The right person thinks like an owner. They use AI and automation wherever possible, build systems instead of manual processes, and continuously ask one question: “Is this creating enough value for the company?” Core Responsibilities

Own bookkeeping, accounting, reconciliations, financial reporting, and tax coordination across all companies. Maintain complete visibility into cash flow, revenue, expenses, profitability, runway, and financial health. Ensure every dollar spent, subscription purchased, contractor hired, and project funded creates measurable business value. Own billing, collections, payments, payroll support, and financial controls. Manage company access, passwords, licenses, software subscriptions, permissions, and security, ensuring the right people have the right access at the right time. Continuously audit tools, subscriptions, vendors, and operating costs to eliminate waste and improve efficiency. Support Lodge Compliance’s internal tax operations and ensure financial records are always audit-ready. Build AI-powered workflows that automate repetitive financial and administrative work after the underlying process has been proven. Identify financial, operational, and security risks before they become problems. Provide recommendations, not just reports, helping leadership make better financial decisions. Success Looks Like

Leadership always knows the financial position of every company. Financial records are accurate and current. Costs are continuously optimized without reducing quality. Revenue leakage is identified and eliminated. Company systems, accounts, and financial assets are secure. Financial workflows operate with minimal manual effort. The founder spends almost no time chasing financial information, approvals, or administrative work. Every month the financial function becomes faster, smarter, more automated, and more valuable than the month before. This is a leadership role. Your responsibility is to build a financial operating system that scales across multiple businesses, creates leverage through AI and automation, protects the company’s assets, and allows the founder to focus on building instead of managing finance.